Here's a couple of thoughts for the day.
First thought. This is what is done to young Muslims in Kenya if they decide that the life of a radical is not for them:
"He was screaming, like an animal, the way a goat can be slaughtered."
Robert Spencer's post today explores the creation and nurturing of human monsters.
It describes in particular how Al-Shabab (the "youth") deal with members of their group who think about leaving and exposes a level of human barbarity and sadism that can, and should be very easily compared to the Nazis.
The originally BBC article upon which this post is based can be found here.
"Ali said he was 13 or 14 when he traveled to Somalia. He described
being forced to watch the beheading of a recruit who had tried to escape
from the al-Shabab camp in Kismayo."
"His hands and legs were tied behind his back. They made him kneel
down and then they took a very sharp knife, right in front of me, and
slaughtered him."
"He was screaming, like an animal, the way a goat can be slaughtered."
It was a shocking warning to others who might contemplate running away.
And if that's what they do to their "friends", you can imagine what they do with their enemies-like us kufars.
"He was screaming, like an animal, the way a goat can be slaughtered."
The other critical point that a local imam makes is that contrary to the beliefs of Western intellectuals, there is no such thing is moderate Islam. These are his words-and not mine. So here's thought number two for the day.
Who are you going to believe? Your own lying ears or the imam?
Are you listening to an imam, or to the liberal, Western and (many) Jewish intellectuals who insist that there is such a thing as moderate Islam?
Here is the imam-in his own words:
"There's no such thing as a moderate Muslim. The prophets did not teach us moderation in Islam - Islam is Islam," he said.
Two thoughts for the day.
